Last night I was all over town with my sister, her friends and then Nick and Steve. We hit up a bunch of cool places I hadn't been to before but would now recommend. Sadly, I didn't take any pictures but I did want to share on the blog so these spots aren't forgotten.
- Westville - My sister and her friends went to this West Village restaurant for dinner and said it was really good. I didn't have anything but the menu looked interesting.
- Fat Cat - This basement jazz hall is more of a cavern than a hole. The space is huge and filled with all kinds of tables for games. There was chess, checkers, scrabble, backgammon, pool, ping pong and shuffleboard. The place was packed and the beer was good.
- Vol de Nuit - This Belgian bar was a little hipper scene than Fat Cat was. Beer was great. The space is really interesting. When you enter, you are in a kind of alley between buildings. You can enter two different bars from in the alley space. The back space was way crowded but the front bar was open. I had a La Chouffe and a Leffe Blond but there were also Chimays and other very fine Belgian beers to try if that's what you're into.
- Pegu Club - We chose to ignore the old adage, "Beer before liquor never been sicker," and went to Pegu for cocktails. They were very, very good. I got the Old Cuban, which was a fancy mojito with champagne mixed in. The decor is Asian and the Caucasian waitresses are dressed like geishas which is always a little unsettling to me.
- L'Express - I was still full from the beer and my dinner earlier but Nick insisted we go to L'Express at 3am to cap off a fun night with some french breakfast. I got the croissant sandwich which was an incredibly delicious but utterly unnecessary meal. Very cool though, to now know a 24-hour french spot for ending future nights right.